# Agnes Rundgren — The Red Room character guide

> Agnes Rundgren in The Red Room by August Strindberg.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Agnes

**First appearance:** 0006-vii-the-imitation-of-christ

## Snapshot

Agnes laughs at tragedy, fires revolvers indoors, and leaves honest men ruined with a shrug and a straightened hat.

## Who they are

Agnes Rundgren moves through the artists' world with a disarming recklessness, turning a moral execution into a farce when she fires Falander's revolver up the chimney. She parries accusations about her whereabouts with flat denials, refusing to be shamed by a man she has clearly outmatched. Her spell over Rehnhjelm is total even as she wounds him, making her the story's most dangerous and magnetic presence, a woman who plays by no rules but her own.

## Relationships

### [Falander](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/characters/falander)

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Agnes Rundgren and Falander share a romantic relationship, with Falander being a suitor or lover to Agnes.

### [Rehnhjelm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/characters/rehnhjelm)

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Agnes Rundgren and Rehnhjelm share a romantic relationship, with Rehnhjelm as a suitor or lover.

### [Falander](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/characters/falander)

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Agnes Rundgren and Falander share a romantic relationship, with Falander being a suitor or lover to Agnes.

### [Rehnhjelm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/characters/rehnhjelm)

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Agnes Rundgren and Rehnhjelm share a romantic relationship, with Rehnhjelm as a suitor or lover.

### [Falander](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/characters/falander)

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Agnes Rundgren and Falander share a romantic relationship, with Falander being a suitor or lover to Agnes.

### [Rehnhjelm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/characters/rehnhjelm)

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Agnes Rundgren and Rehnhjelm share a romantic relationship, with Rehnhjelm as a suitor or lover.

## In the story

### [XV: The Theatrical Company "Phoenix"](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/chapters/xv-the-theatrical-company-phoenix)

The young actress who confides in Falander about the manager's harassment and later flirts with him, revealing her interest in Rehnhjelm.

### [XVII: Natura…](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/chapters/xvii-natura)

Visits Falander; complains about her fiancé Rehnhjelm's strictness; smokes a cigar and drinks punch; reveals her jealousy and frustration; locks the door and draws the blind.

### [XX: On the Altar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/chapters/xx-on-the-altar)

Agnes is mentioned as Rehnhjelm's fiancée, set to play Ophelia; Falander hints at her possible deception.

### [A Soul Overboard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/chapters/xxi-a-soul-overboard)

Arrives at Falander's, is confronted about her betrayal, and is physically attacked by Rehnhjelm.

### [XXIX: Revue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/chapters/xxix-revue)

Mentioned in a medical treatise as a subject of a Caesarean operation; Rehnhjelm knew her from the stage.

## Links

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